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TO TAKE OUT AND PUT BACK NEVER EMPTIES THE POT.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT WARNS TO BEWARE OF THOSE WHO ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR A
HANDOUT.
Where learned: MARYLAND ; BALTIMORE ; TOLD IN
James Callow Keyword(s): BEGGING CHARITY BEGGARS
Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
Proverb
Beggars should not be choosers.
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Duplicate
Where learned: Bogl, Sue
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Beg ; Beggar ; CHARITY ; Choose ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE
Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
Beggars can't be choosers.
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Heard it at home.
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Original BN [V600] crossed out. Replaced wtih current classification.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; ; Johns, Denny
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Beg ; Beggar ; Choose ; Chooser ; Grateful ; Maxim ; Picky ; PROVERB ; Spoiled ; VERSE
Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
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Where learned: Hickey, Michael A
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Beg ; Beggar ; HORSE ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE ; WISH
Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
Beggars can't be choosy.
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From - Uncertain
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE ; Whittlesey, Steve
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Beg ; Beggar ; CHARITY ; Choose ; Grateful ; Humble ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE
Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
If wishes were horses beggars would ride.
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Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Ronald Meynek ; 4357 Parkinson
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Beggar ; HORSE ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; Ride ; VERSE ; WISH
Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
If wishes were horses beggars would ride.
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Where learned: Hoffman, Bill
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Apothegm ; Beggar ; HORSE ; Maxim ; METAPHOR ; PROVERB ; VERSE
Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
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From - Uncertain
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Original Bn [V300] crossed out. Replacedw tih current classification
Where learned: Whittlesey, Mary Ann
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Beggars ; HORSES ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE ; WISHES
Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
If wishes were horses all beggars would ride
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Informant heard this from his grandmother
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Original BN [V300] crossed out. Replaced with current classification
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Ackley, Maurice
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Beggar ; HORSE ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE ; WISH
Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
Beggars cannot be choosers.
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Informant remembers her mother telling her this in Detroit in the early 1930's.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; Pierson, Martha
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Beggar ; Chooser ; Greedy ; Maxim ; Picky ; PROVERB ; VERSE
Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |